Reviews
Mezo: Field
Serbian Hungarian Félix Lajkô is one of Europe’s most remarkable violin players – a true virtuoso, but a quixotic and...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2014
Eek-Ology
There is clearly much more to Eek-A-Mouse than the man who made his mark by singing ‘bong bong biddy beng’...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: March/2014
Hirta Songs
Alasdair Roberts & Robin Robertson
In 2007, Scottish poet Robin Robertson made the long, arduous sea voyage to St Kilda. Not all of him returned....
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2014
Jaron Freeman-Fox & The Opposite of Everything
Jaron Freeman-Fox & The Opposite of Everything
What do Indian raga, bluegrass, klezmer and Mongolian throat singing have in common? Nothing. And maybe that’s exactly what Canadian...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: March/2014
Lamentations
Papua New Guinea-born singer Ngaiire Joseph (pronounced ‘Ny-rie’) is a little lady with a great big voice. She moved to...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2014
Music of Vanuatu: Celebrations and Mysteries
Vanuatu is a fascinating place. Dubbed ‘New Hebrides’ by Captain Cook because it reminded him of those West Scottish isles,...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2014
Cerdd Dannau
Welsh poetry is famously complex, its success depending on the strict deployment of stress, rhyme and alliteration. Welsh traditional music...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2014
Lay Your Dark Low
This four-piece really do knock out a great song. They’re tight, confident and manage to make folk music sound contemporary...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2014
Live at Celtic Connections
Having spent six years creating and recording The Strathglass Trilogy, his ambitious three-album instrumental tribute to the land where his...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2014
